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Details of the CPSL game of Sunday July 21, 2002 between Brampton Hitmen and London City played at Victoria Park Stadium in Brampton at 7:30pm. This was considered the return leg of the First Round League Cup. The first game ended in London in a 2-2 tie.
Brampton Hitmen (black socks, shorts, and numbers, yellow shirts, white trim)
...........................................1 Paolo Ceccarelli
................19 Sean Roberts...5 Milodrag Akmadzic...6 Daniel Cerros
10 Ivan Jurisic...4 Ricardo Jara...13 Phil Ionadi (cpt)...3 Lovemore Ncube...16 Matthew Hudson
.............................20 Jusif Jawando...15 Kurt Mella
Subs:...21 Jeff Sousa...27 Sam Virdo...18 Martin Wysocki...23 Carlyle Prowell...14 Roberto Bruni
team officials:...head coach Steve Nijjar...assistant coach Pernell Mason...general manager Ruben Toro...physio Krinjeet Dhaliwal...assistant manager Frank Fuliere.
London City (white socks and shirts, black shorts, red numbers)
............................................22 Anthony Comacho
...................14 Matt Szydlowski...29 Jeff Brown...27 Tyler Hemming
8 Gentian Dervishi...10 Jurek Gebczynski...24 Tonino Commisso...23 Eris Tafaj...12 Ken Kopko
...............................16 Johnny Paiva...21 Haidar Al-Shaibani
Subs:...22 Altin Rucaj (gk)...18 Jermaine Shakes (def)...19 Glenn Chambers (mid)...13 Douglas Salgado (mid)...28 Anthony Vassallo (fwd)
team officials:...team staff Harry Paul Gauss and Jurek Gebczynski.
Game officials:...referee Mike Lambert...referee's assistants Ian Adair and Steve Cahoon...fourth official Stephanie Den Haan...(wine coloured shirts, black shorts and socks).
1st Half:...game starts 7:43pm...Hitmen defend East end...All times are converted from my wristwatch.
4 min...City goalie beats BH Jurisic to pass on bounced through ball.
8 min...BH Hudson cross from left corner is over crowd of players in box.
12 min...BH Jara 35 yard cross from right is caught by goalie.
14 min...City Al-Shaibani low 15 yard roller from right when rush is blocked by BH Akmadzic's challange and it's an easy save for goalie.
16 min...BH Milodrag Akmadzic GOAL...BH Matthew Hudson cornerkick from left is headed away by City player, BH player centers a pass to BH Phil Ionadi who blasts 20 yarder into goalie's arms that he fumbles and drops ball to charging Akmadzic who taps in 3 yarder behind sprawling goalie.
18 min...BH Hudson chips 30 yarder into box, BH Mella rolls 7 yarder wide right of post.
21 min...BH Mella on left, rolls ball back to BH Hudson whose low blast that spinning BH Jawando rolls wide left as he's falling.
23 min...City Tafaj cornerkick from left is over defenders and City Henning head gets to ball and rolls it across box.
23 min...City Gebczynski has 25 yarder deflected over net after he receives cornerkick.
24 min...City Dervishi cornerkick from right is over box.
25 min...BH Ionadi 30 yard shot is wide left.
27 min...City Commisso receives centering cross and his 25 yard blast is wide right.
29 min...BH Hudson near left corner crosses to BH Mella whose hard 5 yarder is blocked by goalie on right post but he's injured and play is whistled offside anyway.
30 min...BH Ionadi rolls ball forward on right, goalie slides out to stop it and BH Mella cartwheels over him.
31 min...BH goalie catches cross from left.
31 min...Referee call a water break as a BH player is injured in BH end.
34 min...City Gebczynski is injured in center circle. Gebczynski is also the team physio!
36 min...City Commisso makes save behind fallen goalie on 10 yard shot.
36 min...BH Jurisic gets centering pass and 10 yard shot is caught by goalie under bar.
37 min...BH Hudson cross from left is caught by goalie who falls almost into own net.
38 min...BH goalie races out to catch long chipped ball into box.
39 min...BH Jawando blasts 10 yarder into net but he'd push defender out of the way so referee whistles play down!
41 min...City goalie Anthony Camacho charges out and knocks over BH Kurt Mella on right side of box and referee Mike Lambert calls a penalty kick.
43 min...BH Phil Ionadi GOAL...Ionadi rolls in penalty kick just inside right post as goalie dives the correct way. (This was actually a rekick as first time he took a blast into the net the goalie didn't make a move as the referee hadn't whistled in play).
44 min...BH goalie catches ball with player threatning him but his clearance shot is popped back to retreating goalie.
45 min...City Al-Shaibani rolls 15 yarder on 1 on 3 rush that goalie picks up.
46 min...half ends 8:29pm.
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